Re: [Marxism] Blacks versus the New Deal

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FDR supposedly had to acquiesce to the demands of the racist southern wing 
of the party.  On the other hand, I know of no effort he made to challenge 
them.

Forty some years ago, I read

Conrad, David Eugene. 1965. The Forgotten Farmers: The Story of 
Sharecroppers in the New Deal (Urbana: University of Illinois Press).

I have not seen it discussed, but it did a bang up job describing how even 
new deal liberals were willing to screw over the black farmers in favor of 
the plantation owners. 

 -- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com

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